Eynsham, Oxfordshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Eynsham. You may be able to find further references to Eynsham in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Ensham parish Bartholomew
ENSHAM, or Eynesham a village, a parish, and a sub-district Imperial
Eynsham (or Eusham) parish and village with railway station Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Eynsham.

Place Type of entry Source
Freeland ecclesiastical district and hamlet Bartholomew

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Eynsham within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
William Camden Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire 2
John Wesley 1763-4: In Scotland Again; Methodist's Wealth; "No Law for Methodists"; Exhausting Days 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Freeland 0 2
Handborough 0 3
South Leigh 4 4
Osney Hill 0 1
Cassington 0 2
Cogges 3 2
Stanton Harcourt 6 2
North Leigh 0 3
Wytham 0 4
Combe 0 3
Bladon 0 2
Hardwick 0 1
Hailey 0 2
Yarnton 0 2
Witney 5 2
Blenheim 2 2
Begbroke 0 2
Wilcote 0 2
Ducklington 0 2
Godstow 1 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Eynsham. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
EGONESHAM John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
EIGNESHAM William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
EINSHAM William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
ENSHAM John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Wesley The Journal of John Wesley (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 2000).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
ENSHAM OR EYNESHAM John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
EUSHAM John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
EYNESHAM John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
EYNSHAM John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
EYNSHAM OR EUSHAM John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.